Can I take NDT while on Levo

[yogibabs]

Hi, Could I take levo and NDT together?

I am on Levo (100mg) daily and have been for approximately 5 years - while I feel a little better I am really struggling with trying to get the extra weight off and I am convinced it is the levo causing it as I do masses amounts of exercise and eat very healthily. I have already seen a private nutrionist and Functional Medicine Practitioner and had lots of help and advice and have also had numerous genetic testing done so I understand what my body is doing. However despite all of this I am still struggling with the weight and I am sure some of it is menopausal although I am now post menopausal. I have never been overweight and always very tiny and petite so this extra weight is causing me to feel absolutely awful. I wondered if taking T3 in some form might help? I have also considered coming off of Levo but I am scared of the consequences. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

[Regenallotment Ambassador]

hi there,

What were your most recent thyroid blood test results?

FT4 and FT3 will likely indicate where you have room for an increase or alteration.

I haven’t used NDT, I found adding a little T3 worked wonders for me.

Weight and hypothyroidism is fast becoming my favourite thing to talk about 😬. I’ve learned so much along the journey. Here are some tidbits that resonate most for me.

- Following a ‘diet’ or calorie counting or fat avoiding won’t work.🥗 The metabolism slows to match the calorie restriction.

- Doing daily long cardio exercise won’t work 🏃‍♀️you get tired and hungry.

- optimising vitamins like D, B12, ferritin and folate helps

- learning how your body processes sugar helps, then you can make choices that suit you.

- Dr. Gabrielle Lyon has a book called Forever Strong, it’s great, it has 3 short resistance workouts that you can start with body weight once a week or once a fortnight. Moving up to 3 times a week with weights. She has done studies to show women and particularly menopausal women need 30g protein, 3 times a day. It’s quite hard to eat that much, it takes some doing.

- Yoga, Tai Chi, Pilates and walking.

- avoiding gluten and dairy helps some, was great for me.

But….. back to the top, getting your thyroid hormones optimal alongside all this is key. 🌱

[Petalrugbaba in reply to Regenallotment]

Yes. My Consultant prescribes NDT and Levothyroxine for me.

[Hypopotamus]

I take NDT and some levo, and am fine on that.

[pennyannie]

Hello Yogibabs :

NDT is the full spectrum thyroid hormone replacement with each grain/tablet supporting you with trace elements of T1. T2 and calcitonin + a measured dose of T3 and T4 in each grain -so with a fixed ratio of T3/T4 that works well for many thousands of patients.

There are some who find the NDT either too strong or not strong enough - and need to also add in either synthetic T3 to increase the ratio - or add in T4 to decrease the ratio - to find their best dose.

I think it's likely cheaper and easier to purchase synthetic T3 - Liothyronine.

T3 is available on the NHS but we would need to see some current blood test results / ranges to help you further with this route to treatment.

No thyroid hormone replacement works well until the core strength vitamins and minerals are up and maintained at optimal levels - are you also supplementing and monitoring your ferritin, folate, B12 and vitamin D ?

[Bellsonit in reply to pennyannie]

I’ve never been able to get t3, my consultant prescribed me NDT alongside thyroxine - and now I source myself because it was getting so expensive. Id be interested to try t3 instead - does that have to be prescribed or are there ways of getting it? I’m in UK

[pennyannie in reply to Bellsonit]

I believe so - T3 is prescribed on the NHS - it's a bit of a post code lottery - but you can more easily source T3 than NDT - and its a lot cheaper -

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I take NDT -

[Bellsonit in reply to pennyannie]

Thanks appreciate your help. Thats the issue - the scarcity of it. I definitely feel the benefits of taking NDT and thyroxine. Only ever taken NDT in combination with thyroxine if that helps yogibabs

[jillyana]

I take NDT at night & levo in the morning.